Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 13.58.247.31
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
Video killed the Radiostar They said. Have Contests killed Creativity? Not really! Venting wonderful words as they flow Is nice; But where's the craftsmanship and the art In it? So now you write on stimulus, prods, Of gods? To write this way, think thusly, and such; Their way? Always dot your i's and cross your t's, For them? You've penned the perfect piece, submit As anon. You are ranked in the lists, perhaps praised In posts? Or does your world come tumbling, dismayed At NA? Just a thought on this poem of sorts (Poem?) Should sponors to contest be allowed? They should! NOTE: Just some random thoughts as I went through the smogasbord of notes/posts/writings in blogs, comments, and other nooks and crannies of Poetrysoup. I am a great lover of the PS Contests, having discovered them a couple of months back. They have goaded and proded me to learn new forms and styles of poetry, as well as to take up challenges to hone up the craft. I am all the better off for it. So, my poem is to be taken as just random thoughts, which perhaps may lead to a bit of introspection about the contests. I for one do not intend to get superawed by my own writings (though it is a necessary part of the Poetic Temperament) and intend to continue to participate in the Contests, Rankings, HMs, NAs regardless. That's it! ps: And I do feel that the novice and the expert should compete on one platform as it brings out the best in both. And, ah, what perverse pleasure it is to behold your name above your idol's in the rankings!
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required